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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's two brothers, Tony and Hugh Rodham, could be a problem for her presidential campaign. Over the years, the pair have been at the center of multiple controversies for their business dealings and Republicans are already using them to attack Clinton.

John Edwards? trial continues today, mostly hinged to the testimony of former aide Andrew Young and his wife Cheri. The matter at hand is whether or not Edwards knew financial arrangements were being made with campaign backers to help him hide his affair with Rielle Hunter. Andrew Young published a book that?s been a big ...

The wife of a former campaign aide for John Edwards takes the stand Monday in a federal court in North Carolina where she is expected to detail her role in helping conceal the one-time Democratic presidential hopeful's affair with a videographer.

Elizabeth Edwards, the high-profile wife of former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards, died of cancer at 61 in her home in North Carolina on Tuesday, US media reported.On Monday Edwards said she had stopped cancer treatment after doctors informed her that any further therapy would be useless.Edwards, who separated from her husband after news that the former senator fathered a child with another woman, has been battling cancer since 2004, when he was John Kerry's running mate on the defeated Democratic ticket.

The leader of the Republican Party in the US Senate is at the centre of a bugging scandal after his campaign staff were recorded discussing how to smear the actress Ashley Judd, a potential political opponent.
Senator Mitch McConnell was taped during a strategy meeting in February where aides suggested attacking Miss Judd as “emotionally unbalanced” because of her history of mental health issues.
The FBI is investigating how the recording was made and who released it to the liberal magazine Mother Jones.

The Palestinians are ready to sign up a “state of Palestine” for additional international agencies and treaties — a step Israel views as highly provocative — if U.S. peace efforts collapse after an April 29 deadline for a deal, a senior official said Monday.
The warning by Mohammed Ishtayeh, an aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, came as U.S. mediators tried to defuse the worst crisis in the negotiations since Secretary of State John Kerry persuaded the two sides last summer to resume talks for nine months.

By now, the story of the South Florida woman who flipped the bird at a judge has caught the attention of thousands, who alternately applauded and vilified the judge on the Internet for rewarding the woman's cheeky attitude with a 30-day jail sentence.

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton, who won’t yet say whether she is running for president, is assembling a massive campaign team-in-waiting that outstrips anything on a Republican side that remains factionalized and focused on knocking off one another.

Senator Mike Duffy says he’s eager to quickly get into a courtroom to face fraud and breach of trust charges.
A day after the RCMP announced 31 charges had been laid against him, the former Conservative was spotted leaving his cottage in Cavendish, P.E.I., on his way to retrieve his dog from a kennel outside of Charlottetown.

Moments ago, a hearing started in which the ongoing investigation of the George Washington bridge closure will focus on the role of Bridget Anne Kelly, Christe's former deputy chief of staff. The state legislative committee investigating the matter seeks to retrieve subpoenaed documents from Bridget Anne Kelly, and Bill Stepien, his former campaign manager. Just like in the case of IRS commissioner Lois Lerner, so Kelly is expected to plead the fifth. Watch the hearing below.